Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A popular English name of several fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The
Pagrus auratus (syn.Chrysophrys auratus ), a valuable food fish common in the Mediterranean (so named from its golden-colored head); -- called alsogiltpoll . - noun The
Crenilabrus melops , of the British coasts; -- called alsogolden maid ,conner ,sea partridge .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
marine fish , Pagrus or Chrysophrys auratus, with a golden-coloured head; the giltpoll. - noun Crenilabrus melops, a
coastal fish ; the golden maid,conner , orsea partridge .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Local Ocean's current stock includes royal dorado (also known as gilthead sea bream), fluke, black sea bass, white sea bass, yellowtail and branzino.
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A number of fish also are found in sea-estuaries; such as the saupe, the gilthead, the red mullet, and, in point of fact, the greater part of the gregarious fishes.
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The hake also and the gilthead hide; and we infer that the hake hides over a lengthened period from the fact that it is only caught at long intervals.
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Next in order of spawning comes the chrysophrys or gilthead, the basse, the mormyrus, and in general such fish as are nicknamed ‘runners’.
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The gilthead also suffers in winter; the acharnas suffers in summer, and loses condition.
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Aurata Assa (grilled gilthead sea bream, with a sauce of lovage, caraway, oregano, mint and honey)
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[233-2] The English equivalent is dory, or gilthead.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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Another example is that of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), a native of the
INTER PRESS SERVICE ,Emilio Godoy 2010
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Here we report the molecular characterization, developmental and tissue expression and regulation by nutritional state of a novel TGF-beta gene from a marine fish, the gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Bruria Funkenstein 2010
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What about this other Tripolitanian gilthead, Hannobalus?”
Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998
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